Shipping container for fragile articles



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4SHIPPING CONTAINER Foa FRAGILE ARTICLES.

FILED OCT. 24,1921. l 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

- Feb. 2U, 1923.

ATTORNEY llllllllllllulilil KOPPELMAN.

F eb. 20, 1923.,

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SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR TRAGIIE ARTICLES.

FILED OCT. 24,1921.

2 SHEETS SHEET 2.

WUINII .ATTORNEY atented eb. 2U, W23..

MORRIS KOPPELMAN, @E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, EY DIJREC'I.` AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T HOLED TITE EGG PACKING CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OE DELAWARE.

SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR ERAGILE ARTICLES.

Apulication led October 24, 1921. Serial No. 509,903.

To aU whomzt may concern.'

'lie it known that I, MORRIS IorrELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the i borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings; 5 city and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping Containers for Fragile Articles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to the construction ot' cartons and particularly to a type of carton adapted to hold fragile articles and protect them against injury or breakage.

'Ihe Invention consists generally in providing in a carton construction a shock absorbing or resilient member for holding the tragile article spaced from t-he lateral walls of the carton and i-n providing a cooperative relation between the shock absorbing members and the end flap members of the lateral walls which prevents movementof the con-` tained article longitudinally of the lateral walls of the container. In adapting thel car ton for holding elongated articles the con struction described particularly lends itself to supporting the article at or near each opposite end thereof and in preventinglongitudinal movement of the article in either direction. The construction includes the turning inward'of one or more of the flap mem-` bers at each end of the carton into a strut-like or bracing engagement with the support or the article itself. to thereby prevent longi- 'tudinal movement of the article in any direction with relation to the enclosing walls ofthe carton. The articleis thus Isupported in a spaced relation from all parts ot' the enclosing walls ot' the container and is correspondingly free from the likelihood ot' in- 40 jury from the effect of blows or impacts received by the carton walls. l

rllhe supporting members which serve to hold the contained article out ot' engagement with the container walls arepreferably provided with a seating structure in which the `article may be received and held, theseating structure being formed for cooperation with the particular article to be mounted or packaged in the container. Theseat may take the form ot' a perforation through which a re.-

` duced end ot the article may projector it may take the forni of merely a recess in which the article is received. The spacing and supporting member ma y also be specially formed to aloneengage the end flap members or the flap members may be arranged to engage both the support-ing members and the article itself at the point Where the article projects through the support.v

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a caron containing an embodiment of the invenion.

ligure 2 is a view in section and on an enlarged scale of the carton shown in'Fig-' Figure 6. I e

Referring to the drawings, a carton 5 is shown which may be formed of paper, cardboard or other suitable material for holding fragile articles` for instance, as a l-amp chimney 6 shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. i

In order to hold the contained article spaced .from the lateral walls of the carton,-

supporting members 7 and 8 are shown which take the form of flat partition-like members adapted to be fittedinto thejnterion ot' the container asiin Figure 2 andtoreceive in specially formed seats or openings 9 and 10 therein the oppositely extending ends ot' the article 6. v y

In order to prevent longitudinal movement of the article within the containerand thereby maintain an established space relation be- 'I tween the ends of the article and the corresponding ends of the container, th'e end flap members l2 and 13 of oppositely disposed lateral Wall members will bend inwardly into engagement with the supporting members 7 and 8 at the points of emergence of the ends of the chimney 6 therethrough as at 14 and 1,5 in Figure 2 of the drawing. It will be .seen that the flap members l2 and 13 are thereby utilized not only as strut members to prevent longitudinal movement. of the article Within the container, but that they l' serve also to materially assist the action of are used 4to hold the contained article out of engagement with the lateral Walls of the container are preferably formed-of cushioning and resilient material such as paper, cardboard, or equivalent material. In order to fit the contained article to the recesses 9 and 10 in the supporting members 7 and 8 the recesses are preformed to the desired size,

Vthe opening in the supporting member 7 being such as to closely fit the reduced upper end of thechimney 6 and prevent the movement of the chimney to a more extended p0- sition beyond the upper surface of the supporting member 7.

Referring to Figures 6 and'7 of the drawing, a specially formed supporting member 16 is employed. The member 16 yis provided With annular lugs or extensions 17 Which are formed to provide a seat for any suitable fragile article 18, the conformationof the annular lug 17 .being such that it will fit the adjacent end of the article 18. In order to provide a seat for the free ends of the flap members 13 the supporting member 16 shown in Figure 6 is also provided with a lug 19 extending from the opposite surface of the supporting member 16 With relation to that surface on Which the upwardly extending lug 17 is formed. It Will beseen that the flap members 13 in their strut forming position are brought into engagement with the junction of the annular lug 19 and the under surface of the supporting member 16 to therebyl provide a seat for the free end of the flap member. l

, The supporting members 16 shown in Figures 6 and.7 are formed, as in the case of the supporting members l7 and 8, of any suitable -resilient and shock absorbing material such'as paper pulp, or the like, although many different resilient materials are suitable for the pur Qse asivill be clear.v Preff erablythe annu ar lugs l17 and 19 are formed on the' supporting member116 in the operation of forming the member 16 itself, so that they are integral with the supporting member.

vWhat is claimed is:

f 1. In a carton for packagingJ fragile articles, a member for spacing the article from-the lateral Walls of the carton, vsaid member being formed to be engaged by an inturned end extension of one of the walls to prevent'movement of the article tovvard the adjacent end of the carton.

2. In a carton for packaging fragile articles, a member having a seat-for receiv- -ingand holding the articleA spaced from the lateral. walls of the carton, said member being formed yto be engaged by an inturned 3. ,In a container for packaging elongated fragile articles, members for engaging the articlel near the opposite end thereof for holding the article spaced from 'the lateral walls of the carton, each of said members beingy formed'to be engaged by an end flap at the adjacent end of the container to prevent longitudinal movement ofthe article in the carton.

4. In a carton for packaging fragile articles, a resilient memberrformed to engage the @y article and the inner surface of the lateral Walls of the carton to hold theV article spaced from the lateral walls, said member being formedto receive the free end of an inturned end extension of one of "the walls to thereby prevent movement ofthe article 'toward the adjacent end of the carton.

5. In a carton ,for :packaging fragile articles, a resilient member formed to engage the article .and the inner surface of the lateral Walls of the carton and having an opening therein to receive the article, said' "with the member and-the article at their point lof juncture. 6. In a carton fol packaging elongated fragile articles, resilient members formed to engage the article adjacent the opposite ends thereof to space the article from the lateral 'Walls of the carton, said members having openings therein to receive the opposite ends 'of the article, and said members being adapted to be so positioned in the carton thatthe free ends of end extensions of the Walls of the carton can be placed in engagement With the member and the article at their points of juncture.

7. In a carton for packaging fragile articles, a resilient member formed to engage the article andthe .inner surface of the lateral Walls of the carton, said resilient member havino a seat formed therein to re ceive the article, and said member being so formed and positioned as to provide a seat for the free end of an inwardly directed extension of one of the walls of the carton, whereby the said extension will prevent movement of the article toward` the adjacent end of the carton.

8. In a carton for packaging elongated l fragile articles, resilient members formed to engage the article adjacent the opposite ends thereof to spate the article from the lateraly extension flaps at the ends of the carton,

vwhereby the said extensions Will prevent movement of the article towardeither end of the container. v

9. In a carton for packaging fragile articles, -a' member for spacing the article from the lateral Walls of the carton, and a flap member carried by the container Wall at one end thereof and adapted t0 be turned inwardly to engage the member and prevent movement thereof toward the end of the container. i

10. lin a carton for packaging l fragile articles7 a. transverse partition for supporting the article and spacing the article from 15 vent movement thereof and of" the supported J20 article toward the end of the container.

lln testimony Whereofli alix my signature.

Moniais Koerier, 1f 

